Combined filter and cut-off for cisterns.



C. V. MILLER & B. R. CGHEY.

COMBINED FILTER AND CUT-OFF FOR CISTERNS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25| I915.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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3 i z ri attomuy CARL V. MILLER AND BRUCE COREY, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

COMBINED FILTER AND CUT-OFF FOR GISTERNS.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented May 2, 1916.

Application filed June 25, 1915. Serial No. 36,309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CARL V. MILLER and Bacon R. COREY, citizens of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Filters and Cut-Offs for Cisterns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device which may be applied to the supply pipe of a cistern and by the use of which the quality of filtered water entering the cistern may be regulated.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is formed of separable sections, between which is interposed a cutoff member-which may be rotated to establish communication between the filter section and openings in a reservoir section, whereby the water passing through the filter section may be diverted into a pipe leading to the cistern or away from the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cut-off member for the device which is interposed between a reservoir section, and a filter section, in such a manner as to support the filter section within the reservoir section.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a combined filter and cut-oil for the purpose set forth, constructed in such a manner as to enable the several parts com prising the device to be dissassembled for cleaning purposes. V

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention resides in the improved construction, novel combination and arrangement of parts which will hereinafter be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, although no restriction is necessarily made to the precise details of construction therein shown, as changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing:-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined filter and cut-off con structed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, the cut-off being shown in a neutral position. Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal sectional View on the line 3--3 of Fig. l, the cut-ofi member being shown in a position for c"- tablishing communication between the filter section and the compartment connected to the supply pipe of the cistern.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

The improved filter and cut-off comprises a body 1, which is formed from separable sections 2 and 3. The section 3, when united with the section 2 provides a filtering compartment 4, while the, section 2 serves as a reservoir for any surplus water which is unable to escape through the supply pipe connected with the cistern. Interposed between the separable sections 2 and 3 is a manually operated cut-oil member 5, which establishes communication between the separable sections when united.

The separable section 2 which serves as a reservoir section in the device is substantially semi-circular in cross section for a portion of its length and has the bottom thereof divided into compartments by a transversely extending partition 6. Each of the compartments 7 and 8 has an opening therein and surrounding said openings on the bottom of the sections are depending couplings 9 one of said couplings being connected to the supply pipe of the cistern. while the remaining coupling is connected to the pipe through which the water pass ing throughthe device may be diverted from the cistern, neither of the above mentioned pipes being shown in the drawing. The upper front portion of the section 2 is cut away as indicated at 10, to provide a recess 11 in which is disposed the section 3, said section being prevented fronr lateral movement through an extension 12 extending at right angles to the back of the section 2.

The separable section 3 which may be characterized as the filtering section of the device, is semi-circular in cross section throughout its entire length and has the bottom thereof provided with a centrally disposed aperture 13, which is surrounded by a depending flange 14 on the under side of the section 3. The top of the section 3 is open to provide a passage for water entering the device while the bottom of the sec tion is further provided with a screen fabric 14.- upon which may be disposed any filtering medium, such as charcoal or the like.

The partition 6 in the section 2 is provided in the upper ends thereof with an aperture in which is dispo-ed a trunnion 16 connected with a cut-off member 5 interposed between the bottom of the sections 2 and 3.

The upper end of the cut-off member which .is tubular in shape is adapted to receive the.

water from the filter section into either one or both of the compartments which are connected with the supply pipe of the cistern and the. pipe which deflects the water from the cistern, a manually operated rod 17 is provided, one end of which is pivotally connected with the free end of the cut-off memher, while the remaining end of the rod extends through an aperture 18 in the front of the section 2.

In order thattheweight of the section 3 may be equally distributed upon the cut-off member and allow the same to rotate freely between the sections, the section 2 is provided with a circumferentially extending flange upon the front portion thereof with which the bottom peripheral edge portion of the section 3 is adapted to contact when the sections are united.

The operation of the combined filter and cut-off is as follows: lVhen the sections are united and connected with the pipe leading to the cistern and away from the same, the rod'17 may. be. actuated to rotate the cutofl member to a position in which water emerging through the cut-off member from the filter section will be directed into either one, or both of the compartments in the section 2. It, of course, being understood that when only a small quantity'of water emerges from the filter, the compartment into which it is directed is immediately drained of the same by the opening therein, but should water emerge from the cut-off member with sufiicient force to cause the water by contact with the side walls of the section 2-to fill the space or compartment provided by the partition 6 which the water has entered the section 7 will serve as a reservoir for the water until it can find egress through the pipe with which the compartment is connected.

With reference to the figures in the drawing, it will be seen that a construction for a device of this class has been provided in which the water entering the different compartments thereof may be quickly drained therefrom, thus-providing a device of the anti-freezing type, and also each movable section of the combined filter and cut-off may be quickly removed or assembled when desired;

From the foregoing statements taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is at once apparent that a combined filter and cut-off for a cistern has been provided which is inexpensive of manufacture, simple in construction and highly efiicient in use.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device of the class described, a casing having an open top and a front wall provided with a recess extending from the top of the wall toward the bottom of the casing for the greater portion of the length of the casing, a cut-off member disposed within the casing and below said recess, and a receptacle for filtering material partially supported by the cut-ofl member and having a front wall closing the recess in the front wall of the casing. 4

2. In a device of the class described,

casing having a bottom provided with a transversely extending partition having an aperture therein, a cut-off member disposed within the casing and provided with a stud journaled in said aperture, an interior flange upon the front wall of said casing above said artition and lying in a plane parallel with the top of the cut-off member, and a receptacle for filtering material disposed within the casing and bearing upon said flange and the cut-off member.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CARL V. MILLER. BRUCE R. COREY. Witnesses:

JOHN Q. CLINE, CLAUDE CLINE.

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